Voices for a new era

Highlights: Served as an aide to Mayor Roger Hedgecock and was a member of the county’s volunteer redistricting advisory committee. Anderson, a native of Cincinnati, holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Cincinnati and earned a master’s degree in business administration at the University of San Diego. A passionate traveler, Anderson has visited every continent but Antarctica.

“We must encourage diversity, financial accountability and good government in our public institutions in order to make San Diego a better place.”

Constance Carroll

Occupation: Chancellor, San Diego Community College District

Highlights: Recruited in 1993 from Saddleback College in Orange County to become president of San Diego Mesa College. She was named chancellor of the district in 2004. In 2010 she was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Council on the Humanities. She has served on the boards of the American Council on Education, the California Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities Panel on Museums and Historical Societies. Carroll received her B.A. from Duquesne University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Carroll serves on the boards of the University of San Diego, the San Diego Foundation and San Diego Youth Services.

“San Diego is a vibrant, multicultural community with leading-edge institutions in education, industry and the arts. My hope is that the San Diego region will strengthen its support and commitment to those institutions that are responsible for education and professional training, as well as the fine and performing arts, all of which have been negatively affected by the ongoing financial crisis.”

Li-Rong Lilly Cheng

Occupation:Professor in the School of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University; executive director of the Chinese Study Institute

Highlights: Managing director of the Confucius Institute and co-chair of the Asian Task Force. Cheng, who was born in Shanghai, was appointed by Mayor Susan Golding to chair the International Affairs Board and the Asian Pacific Islander Advisory Board. Mayor Dick Murphy appointed her to serve on the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board and she also served on CCDC’s Chinese/Asian Thematic Historic District Advisory Committee. She was inducted into the San Diego Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009 and received the Asian Heritage Humanitarian Award in 2010. She is married and has one son.

“There are many issues we need to have deep conversations about: Education is one of the biggest; border issues are also very challenging; health and human services are also pressing; and housing is definitely on my radar screen.”

Paula Cordeiro

Occupation: Dean, School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego

Highlights: Previously, Cordeiro was the coordinator of masters and doctoral programs in educational leadership at the University of Connecticut. She is a former teacher, principal and school head in international schools in Venezuela and Spain. Cordeiro serves on the board of the James Irvine Foundation, the Education Advisory Board of the Stuart Foundation and in 2009 was elected to the board of the American Association of Colleges and Teacher Education. She is a former member of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, past president of the San Diego Council on Literacy, and serves on the board of San Diego Grantmakers.